Tag: Art
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Artist Covers Beautiful Beach Stones in Tiny Dots of Paint
Elspeth McLean is an Australian award-winning artist whose passion for colour and detail has evolved into a unique style of painting she describes as “Dotillism”. In what she calls Mandala Stones, McLean collects beautiful beach stones and uses them as her canvas to create intensely colourful and intricate artworks entirely out of dots. Elspeth only uses acrylic…
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Artist Turns Discarded Keys and Coins Into Works of Art
Michael, aka Moerkey, is an artist from Horsham, Victoria, Australia. The talented craftsman creates unique handmade balls, bowls and sculptures from discarded keys and coins; as well as reclaimed copper pipe and wire. In the series below, Michael bends and solders individual keys and coins into beautiful objects. For custom and wholesale inquiries, you can reach…
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300 Years Before Pantone, an Artist Mixed & Described Every Color Imaginable in an 800-Page Book
In 1692 an artist known only as “A. Boogert” sat down to write a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors. Not only would he begin the book with a bit about the use of color in painting, but would go on to explain how to create certain hues and change the tone by adding one,…
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Steampunk Jewelry Made From Old Watch Parts
Lithuanian artist “Nestre” creates unique steampunk jewelry like earrings, pendants, rings, cuff-links, bracelets and hairpins. All jewelry is made by hand using tiny, real wristwatch and pocket watch parts (gears, cogs, arrows, wheels, bridges, springs etc.). They are positioned in a antique brass, copper or bronze base and sealed with a transparent resin which comes…
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Clown Portraits By Eolo Perfido That Are the Stuff of Nightmares
If you’re like us, ‘normal-looking’ clowns scare us half to death. So when we came across Eolo Perfido‘s latest works, we were positively petrified! The series is titled Clownville, and features grotesque portraits of nightmare-inducing clowns. Perfido says he was inspired by silent film stars like Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, who were forced to exaggerate their…
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Realistic Japanese Animal Lollipops That You Can Lick!
These realistic animal artworks by Shinri Tezuka will fool you. At first glance, they might look like they’re only sculptures, but they’re much more than that. His creations are edible! Tezuka practices amezaiku, which is the Japanese craft of artistic lollipop-making, dating back to the 700s. Now, in his small shop called Ameshin, the 26-year-old…
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Powerful Street Art Pieces That Tell The Uncomfortable Truth
As the world moves to cities, so does art. And just as art can inspire political action and resistance, so too do the walls of the city become canvases for important street art messages. The graffiti and street art on this list is perfect for spreading messages about environmentalism and climate change to a wider…
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Artist Transforms Human Hands into All Kinds of Animals
Guido Daniele is an award-winning artist from Soverato, Italy. Born in 1950, Daniele lives and works in Milan. Over his 40+ year career, Guido has done both commercial/advertising work as well as group and solo exhibitions around the world. In 1990 he began to explore and experiment with body and hand painting. By having his models…
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Time to Bake With The Coolest Rolling Pins Ever!
When we last showed you Polish designer Zuzia Kozerska‘s awesome series of laser-engraved rolling pins (see HERE), there was so much interest in them that the resultant traffic crashed her site! (sorry Zuzia!) So with the Holiday Season/Christmas/Festivous/New Year period fast approaching, why not consider one of Zuzia’s amazing rolling pins to bring a little bit of extra sparkle to your baking…
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Artist Brings Back Art Deco With Spectacular Paintings
If you’re like us, you love everything art deco. The rich colors, bold geometric shapes and lavish ornamentation. We were therefore very pleased to discover the art of Dianne Gall, an oil painter and master of the art deco period. Although she lives all the way Downunder in beautiful Adelaide, Dianne is a busy lady with an exhibition currently…